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Israel-Palestine
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Declares Partial Truce
2005-01-19
The unofficial armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' ruling Fatah party announced last night that it will halt its attacks in Israel proper, starting within the next 48 hours. Zacharia Zubeidi, the Jenin commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, said his organization would also consider suspending its attacks in the West Bank if Israel likewise declared an end to its attacks. "If Israel declares a cease-fire ... then we will consider a complete cease-fire," Zubeida told Israel Channel One Television.

His announcement came shortly after Abbas announced he would incorporate the Al-Aqsa Brigades into the official Palestinian security forces to "protect" its members from being pursued by the Israeli Army. Zubeidi and his men backed Abbas during his election campaign and gave him a warm welcome during a visit to Jenin.
Posted by:Fred

#9  Partial truce? Is that like partial pregnancy, non existant?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2005-01-19 10:27:19 AM  

#8  When Lynyrd Skynyrd fans attack... tonight on Fox.
Posted by: BH   2005-01-19 10:21:49 AM  

#7  Back of tee-shirts reads, "Sponsored by Joe's Widget Company, We make the finests widgets".

Riddle me this: Why do they bitch about Abu Ghraib, where captives wear concrete bags over their heads, but in this picture, they put them on themselves?
Posted by: Captain America   2005-01-19 10:12:48 AM  

#6  1. Uh, stiff necked people (am kishei oref)? Youre not chasing me out of here kind of people?
2. Its not like Israel "proper" is perfectly safe. And its not like it isnt possible to take precautions in a settlement.
3. People who think of settlement as how Israel "proper" was developed, and who see abandoning settlements in the "territories" as a denial of the entire enterprise of the state.

In any case the compensation stuff is still in progress - its not going to happen overnight, but over several months. And compensation is being offered only for settlers in Gaza, and the northern corner of the West Bank (near Jenin). There is currently NO disengagement from elsewhere in the West Bank, and thus no compensation.

Note well - Im NOT a big fan of the settlement ideology, or of the settlements (apart from those close to Israel "proper" which I think should be annexed). BUT - I know enough about such people, and have enough indirect connections, that their motives are NOT incomprehensible to me.

I wonder if this puzzles people here who think Im some kind of lefty cause I try to understand the motives of various not so nice people in the muslims world (not the terrorists, but the fence sitters who themselves sometimes sympathize with the terrorists, etc) since I also try to understand Israeli settlers and extremists.
Its not that im giving up my principles, so much as I think we understand more if we use our imaginations and try to see the world from a different POV - can even help us make better strategic decisions.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2005-01-19 10:05:20 AM  

#5  good catch, LH.

I can't understand why anyone with a family would want to stay in the territories when Israel is offering to compensate them. I know, family farm and all that - but what kind of person exposes their wife and kids to that great of a risk on a daily basis??
Posted by: 2b   2005-01-19 9:53:54 AM  

#4   that it will halt its attacks in Israel proper

NOT good enough. This means they will continue attacks in the territories, since all settlers are considered legitimate targets, even 6 month old "settlers". No, you get no respite till you end ALL violence against Israelis EVERYWHERE.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2005-01-19 9:50:32 AM  

#3  jules lol!!!
Posted by: 2b   2005-01-19 9:47:28 AM  

#2  Is that like a partial brain splatter or a partial amputation?

You can just see it coming. When the OTHER members of Al-Aqsa (the 2nd part of the first part) denies there is a truce:

We aren't the Judean Peoples Front! We're the People's Front of Judea!
Posted by: Jules 187   2005-01-19 9:36:56 AM  

#1  Wow! They've even got their own tshirts and everything!
Posted by: tu3031   2005-01-19 8:26:27 AM  

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